Stereo Amplifier User Manual

XA200.5 Owner’s Manual

So the amplifier is sitting there unconnected.

Make sure that the rear panel power switch/breaker is off (down).

Plug the AC cord into the back of the amplifier, and then into the

wall. Then turn the power switch/breaker on (up). The lights in

your house will dim for a moment as the power supply charges the

capacitors.

If your amplifier uses a circuit breaker and not a fuse, please note

that this circuit breaker is not a “safety device” or “emergency

disconnect” for this product. It will provide current limiting which

will protect the amplifier, but it does not provide personal shock

protection in the manner of a ground-fault interrupter. One more

reason why it is important not to defeat the Earth connection of

your power cord.

On the front panel, the “Standby” LED indicator should be glowing

blue, indicating that AC power is available and the capacitor banks

are charged. If the “Power” LEDs are lighting the meter, use the

front panel stand-by button to go to stand-by mode.

Now turn off the rear power switch and unplug the AC power cord

from the wall while you connect the speakers and inputs.

Check to make certain that the loudspeaker cables aren’t shorted at

the loudspeaker end, connect speaker cables to the output binding

posts on the amplifiers, observing correct polarity. The output

binding posts will accept either bare wire or spades. (Regulatory

agencies in many countries have banned binding posts that will

accept a banana plug, forcing us to abandon this option.) Make sure

that your speaker wires only attach to the outputs of the amplifier,

not to each other and never to the amplifier case.

Remember the warning about treating the output connections as

ground, particularly if you are using a powered subwoofer with this

amplifier. If you need a ground, use the one provided specifically on

the rear panel of the amplifier.

The amplifier may be driven single-end or balanced, your choice.

Single-ended input will always occur through the RCA connector and

balanced input will always occur through the XLR connector.

Again, if you drive the amplifier single-ended then leave the supplied

jumpers in place between pins 1 & 3 on the input XLR.

On the XLR connector pin 1 is ground, pin two is positive input and